. Rural essays . first pointed out this mode of covering, in our Cottage Residences. A gTcatnumber of gentlemenhave since adopted it,and all express them-selves highly gratifiedwith it. It is by farthe most expressiveand agreeable modeof building in woodfor the country ; it isstronger, equally cheapand much more dura-ble than the thin ; and it has a cha-racter of strength andpermanence, which, to Fig. 3. Cottage Siding and Kooflng. , our eye, narrow andthin boards never can have. When filled, in with cheap soft brick,it also makes a very warm house. The rafters of these two cottages ar
. Rural essays . first pointed out this mode of covering, in our Cottage Residences. A gTcatnumber of gentlemenhave since adopted it,and all express them-selves highly gratifiedwith it. It is by farthe most expressiveand agreeable modeof building in woodfor the country ; it isstronger, equally cheapand much more dura-ble than the thin ; and it has a cha-racter of strength andpermanence, which, to Fig. 3. Cottage Siding and Kooflng. , our eye, narrow andthin boards never can have. When filled, in with cheap soft brick,it also makes a very warm house. The rafters of these two cottages are stout joists, placed two feetapart, which are allowed to extend beyond the house two feet, toanswer the purpose of brackets, for the projecting eaves. Fig. 3, 6,will show, at a glance, the mode of rafter boarding and shinglingover these rafters, so as to form the simplest and best kind ofroof.* The window dressings, which should have a bold and simplecharacter, and made by nailing on the weather boarding stout. * The simplest mode of forming an eave gutter on a projecting roof likethis, is shown in the cut, fig. 3 at c. It consists merely of a tin trough, fastened to the roof by its longer portion, which extends up under one layerof shingles. This lies close upon the roof. The trough being directly overthe line of the outer face of the house, the leader d, whicli conveys awaythe water, passes down in a stiaight line, avoiding the angles necessary inthe common mode. ON SIMPLE RURAL COTTAGES. 251 strips, four inches wide, fig. 4, o, of plank, one inch and a half in thickness. The coping piece, 6, is of the same thickness, and six to eight inches wide, supported by a couple of pieces of joists, c, nailed under it for brackets. We have tried theeffect of this kind ofexterior, using un-planed boards, towhich we have giventwo good coats ofpaint, sanding thesecond coat. The ef-fect we think muchmore agreeable—be-cause it is in betterkeeping with a rusticcottage, than whenthe more
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